SPRE conference on "What Works?"
The second Social Policy, Research and Evaluation Conference is being held on 25 and 26 November 2004, at the Wellington Convention Centre.
“This is a ‘not-to-be missed’ opportunity to hear from leading social policy researchers and evaluators in New Zealand and around the world. The theme of the conference is ‘What Works?’ This is a fundamental question for both policy and practice. The conference will bring together the policy, provider, research and evaluation communities and emphasise evidence-based policy and practice,” organising committee member Raewyn Good said.
Keynote speakers are a mix of international and New Zealand speakers. They include Raymond Torres, Head of the Employment Analysis and Policy Division of the OECD; Johan Mackenbach, Professor of Public Health and Chair of the Public Health Department, University of Erasmus, The Netherlands; Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director, First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada; Carey Oppenheim, Senior Policy Advisor, Prime Minister’s Policy Directorate, UK; Len Cook, National Statistician, UK; Mason Durie, Head of School, Te Putahi-a-Toi, School of Maori Studies, Massey University; Helen Roberts, Professor of Child Health, City University, London. There will also be a Pasifika keynote speaker.
Raewyn said people who wanted to attend the conference would be wise to register as early as possible, given the overwhelming response to last year’s conference, which saw long waiting lists develop and some people missing out.
